SNCC
[ snik ]
/ snɪk /
noun
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
Origin of SNCC
orig.,
S(tudent)
N(onviolent)
C(oordinating)
C(ommittee)
Example sentences from the Web for sncc
This event, know as “Turn Around Tuesday,” enraged many of the demonstrators, especially the young SNCC activists.
They were trying to mirror SNCC and SDS globally and move the Peace Corps in that direction.
Tom Hayden’s Feelings on Occupy Wall Street Run Hot and Cold |Jeff Smith |April 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for sncc
SNCC
/ (snɪk) /
n acronym for (in the US)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (1960–69) and Student National Coordinating Committee (from 1969); a civil-rights organization